| Page |
| [Chapter I.] |
| We Commission our Ship—Visit Portsmouth—Prepare to Sail | [1] |
| [Chapter II.] |
| Good-by to Albion—Southward Ho!—Gibraltar | [12] |
| [Chapter III.] |
| Up the Mediterranean—Malta | [26] |
| [Chapter IV.] |
| Port Said—The Suez Canal—Voyage down the Red Sea—Aden | [39] |
| [Chapter V.] |
| Across the Indian Ocean—Ceylon—Singapore—A Cruise inthe Straits of Malacca | [47] |
| [Chapter VI.] |
| Sarawak—Labuan—Manilla—Heavy weather | [62] |
| [Chapter VII.] |
| Hong Kong—Some Chinese manners and customs | [71] |
| [Chapter VIII.] |
| Preparations for the North—Amoy—Wosung, and what befellus there | [83] |
| [Chapter IX.] |
| Arrival at Nagasaki—Something about Japan—A run throughthe Town—Visit to a Sintoo Temple | [94] |
| [Chapter X.] |
| The Inland Sea—Kobé—Fusi-Yama—Yokohama—Visit toTokio | [113] |
| [Chapter XI.] |
| Northward—Hakodadi—Dui—Castries Bay—Barracouta—Vladivostock | [131] |
| [Chapter XII.] |
| Chefoo—Nagasaki en route—Japan revisited—Kobé—Yokohama | [146] |
| [Chapter XIII.] |
| We attempt an overland route, with the result of the trial | [159] |
| [Chapter XIV.] |
| The new regime—Something about Saigon—The First Cruiseof the China Squadron—An Alarm of Fire!—Arrival ofFlying Squadron | [181] |
| [Chapter XV.] |
| Second Cruise of the China Squadron—Principally concerninga Visit to the Loo-Choo Isles and Corea—Welcome newsfrom home—Conclusion | [210] |
| [Appendix A].—Deaths during the Commission | [i.] |
| [Appendix B].—Table of places visited and distances runduring the Commission | [iii.] |